1. Please do not make use of official vehicles or personnel or machinery for electioneering work. Official 'vehicles' include (a) trucks (b) lorries (c) tempos (d) jeeps (e) cars (f) auto-rickshaws (g) buses (h) aircrafts (i) helicopters (j) ships (k) boats (l) hovercrafts and all other vehicles belonging to the (1) Central Government (2) State Government (3) Public Undertakings of the Central and State Government (4) Joint Sector undertakings of Central Government and State Government (5) Local Bodies (6) Municipal Corporations (7) Municipalities (8) Marketing Boards (by whatever name known) (9) Cooperative Societies (10) Autonomous District Councils (11) Any other body in which public funds, however small a portion of the total, are invested and also (12) Those belonging to the Ministry of Defense and the Central Police Organisations under the Ministry of Home Affairs and State Government.



2. Please do not issue any advertisement at the cost of the public exchequer regarding achievements of the party / government in power.



3. Announcements of any financial grants, laying of foundation stones, making promise of construction of new roads, etc. shall not be made.



4. No adhoc appointments in Governments / Public Undertakings shall be made.



5. No Minister shall enter any polling station or the place of counting unless he is a candidate or an authorized agent, or as a voter only for voting.



6. Official work should not at all be mixed with campaigning / electioneering.



7. No inducement, financial or otherwise, shall be offered to a voter.



8. Caste / communal feeling of electors shall not be appealed to.



9. No activity, which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different casts, communities or religious or linguistic groups shall be attempted.



10. No aspects of the private life, not connected with public activities, of the leaders or workers of other parties shall be permitted to be criticized.



11. Other parties or their workers shall not be criticized based on unverified allegations or on distortions.



12. Temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras or any places of worship shall not be used as places for election propaganda, including speeches, posters, music etc. on electioneering.



13. Activities which are corrupt practices or electoral offences such as bribery, undue influence, intimidation of voters, personation, canvassing within 100 meters of a pooling station, holding of public meetings during the period of 48 hours ending with hour fixed for the close of the poll and conveyance of voters to and from polling station are prohibited.



14. Demonstrations or picketing before the house of individuals by way of protesting against their opinion or activities shall not be resorted to.



15. No one can make use of any individuals land, building, compound wall etc. without his permission for erecting flag staffs, putting up banners, pasting notices or writing slogans etc. this includes private and public premises.



16. No disturbances shall be created in public meetings organized by other political parties or candidates.



17. Processions along places at which meetings are being held by another party shall not be undertaken.



18. Posters issued by other parties and candidates shall not be distributed.



19. Posters, flags, symbols or any other propaganda material shall not be displayed in the place being used on the day of poll for distribution of identity slips or near polling booths.



20. Loudspeakers whether static or mounted on moving vehicles shall not be used either before 6.00 a.m. or till midnight and without the prior written permission of the authorities concerned.



21. Loudspeakers shall also not be used at public meetings and processions without the prior written permission of the authorities concerned. Normally, such meetings / processions will not be allowed to continue beyond 10.00 p.m. in the night and will be further subject to the local laws, local perceptions of the security requirements of the area and other relevant considerations like weather conditions, festival season, examination period, etc.



22. No. liquor should be distributed during elections.

Note : The above list of 'DONT's' is only illustrative and not exhaustive and is not intended to substitute any other detailed orders, directions / instructions on the above subjects, which must be strictly observed and followed.